KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A gunman went house to house, fatally shooting seven people and wounding one overnight in a small southern Missouri town before apparently committing suicide in a vehicle, authorities said Friday.

The victims were found in four different homes in the unincorporated town of Tyrone about 40 miles north of the Arkansas border. The body of the 36-year-old suspect was discovered in neighboring Shannon County, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said Friday morning.